Sweet Summer Strawberry Tart
After finding a fly in her bottle of Mouton Cadet Rouge, chef and cookbook author Joanne Weir, then 24, had the gumption to mail the insect to the wine's maker, Château Mouton Rothschild, one of the top wineries in the world. In response to her complaint, she received an invitation to lunch at the château. She booked a flight immediately. This recipe is her re-creation of the day's finale--a tart "topped with a silky smooth kirsch pastry cream and crowned with perfectly glazed, ripe red strawberries."
Source: Sunset Magazine
Ingredients
- SHORTCRUST PASTRY
- all-purpose flour
- tablespoon sugar
- teaspoon kosher salt
- teaspoon grated lemon zest
- unsalted butter, cubed
- teaspoon vanilla extract
- PASTRY CREAM
- whole milk
- Large pinch of kosher salt
- tablespoons cornstarch
- plus 1 tbsp. sugar
- large eggs
- tablespoon kirsch
- tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature
- medium-size strawberries, hulled
- strawberry jam, strained